Fernando Alonso to retire from Formula 1 at end of 2018 season

Fernando Alonso has announced his retirement from Formula 1 at the end of the 2018 season.

That Spaniard confirmed the end of his 17-year career by posting a touching video on his Twitter page.

A two-time world championship winner, with back-to-back successes in 2005 and 2006, Alonso will be the remembered as the man who ended Michael Schumacher’s reign of dominance in the sport.

Prior to Alonso’s maiden title, Schumacher had won the championship for five consecutive seasons between 2000 and 2005.

The 37-year-old has said he is now ready to ‘move on’ from the sport, with suggestions this week that he could move to compete in IndyCar fulltime.

Alonso famously missed the Monaco Grand Prix last season to compete in the Indy 500 last year.

He will compete the current F1 season with McLaren before seeing ‘what the future brings’.

Alonso said in a statement: "After 17 wonderful years in this amazing sport, it's time for me to make a change and move on. I have enjoyed every single minute of those incredible seasons and I cannot thank enough the people who have contributed to make them all so special.

"There are still several grands prix to go this season, and I will take part in them with more commitment and passion than ever.

"Let's see what the future brings; new exciting challenges are around the corner. I'm having one of the happiest times ever in my life but I need to go on exploring new adventures."

I wish him luck and don't blame him for quitting F1, he's suffered with Mclaren this time round despite some impressive drives, but he has also caused a lot of his own problems through his impatience and apparently divisive attitude. He baled out of Ferrari when he wasn't prepared to wait for the car to come good and we looked upon him as our next champion, but it never materialised. Bet he's sorry now!

I wish him luck and don't blame him for quitting F1, he's suffered with Mclaren this time round despite some impressive drives, but he has also caused a lot of his own problems through his impatience and apparently divisive attitude. He baled out of Ferrari when he wasn't prepared to wait for the car to come good and we looked upon him as our next champion, but it never materialised. Bet he's sorry now!

Yup, bet he’s sorry INDEED.....he just couldn’t wait another year

...the new SF71H looks amazing. Let's hope it's gonna be as FAST as it looks.

hockenheim 2018 / China 2018 : Never forget how quick Ferrari can lose it all, be humble.
Positivity doesn't win you championships, whining about people being negative makes you blind!
lol ignore the bitter old cows ;-)